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Architecture

Auton is a permissionless protocol where providers, consumers, and liquidity participants trade compute derivatives on-chain.

Overview

  • Frontend — React Router app for markets, dashboard, staking, and treasury
  • Backend API — Express server handling auth, keys, balances, and gateway proxy
  • Database — Supabase Postgres for users, API keys, compute balances, staking ledger, and usage logs
  • Chain — Solana for wallet auth, staking via Streamflow, and settlement

Backend API

Wallet auth uses Solana message signatures — not Supabase Auth. A nonce endpoint returns a sign-in message; login verifies the signature and issues a JWT. All dashboard and staking routes require that JWT.

Express API  →  @supabase/supabase-js  →  Supabase Postgres

Inference gateway

The gateway is an OpenRouter-compatible proxy mounted at /api/v1/gateway/*. Requests authenticate with Auton API keys (hashed at rest). Usage is logged per request and deducted from forward compute balances.

On-chain layer

$AUTO serves three roles: futures margin collateral, verifier staking for SLA guarantees, and treasury buyback target. Staking is self-custody via Streamflow — your tokens stay in your wallet.